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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Next on the agenda is RS 32915, Yellow Dot Program. Representative Scott.
- Today before you is RS 32915, which would repeal the Yellow Dot Program.
- That's because nobody's using the program.
- So they're printing out all these kits and nobody's really using the program.
- That's because nobody's using the program.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/24/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- program.
- </c> this program. this program.
- . program. program.
- INE has a very successful LNA nursing program.
- </c> INE has a very successful LNA nursing INE has a very successful LNA nursing program.<05:19:39.760
Summary:
The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs heard HB 1790-FN, which would address involuntary admissions for certain individuals with a substance use disorder. Representative Lucy Weber introduced the bill for Representative Long, and the committee heard extensive testimony both in support of and in opposition to the proposal. Opponents, including John Burns of SOS Recovery and Jake Barry of New Futures, argued that involuntary commitment is not well supported by research, can retraumatize people, may increase overdose risk after release, and could undermine New Hampshire’s existing recovery and harm-reduction efforts. They emphasized that treatment should be voluntary, trauma-informed, and paired with housing, recovery supports, and other community-based services.
Representative Long said he was willing to accept DHHS’s request to amend the bill into a study commission, though he expressed concern that a prior state study had not led to action. He said the commission should focus on implementation details, including where people would be placed, staffing, withdrawal management, elopement prevention, length of commitment, and aftercare. He described involuntary commitment as one tool for people with severe dangerous addictions, distinct from drug court, and said it could help avoid criminal records. Committee members asked about capacity at New Hampshire Hospital and how the proposal would work in practice.
DHHS officials Katya Fox and Cynthia Pabonis testified that the bill raises major policy and fiscal concerns. They said New Hampshire’s current system has benefited from investments in naloxone, medication-assisted treatment, recovery centers, and community-based services, and that those investments have helped reduce overdose deaths. They estimated the bill would require a new 70-bed facility costing about $40 million to build and about $33.3 million annually to operate, with only a small portion offset by insurance, plus more than $600,000 in annual legal costs and additional staffing and system changes. They also said New Hampshire Hospital has 185 beds, with about 100 patients typically ready for less restrictive settings, and that housing shortages are a major bottleneck. NAMI New Hampshire also testified in opposition, saying families often want any possible treatment for loved ones but still opposed the bill. No vote or final action was taken in the hearing.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Accreditation programs have recognized that they can't force programs to break state law.
- We have never contemplated cardiac nurses.
- If you choose to be a nurse, then be a nurse.
- If we want to just have nurses become doctors, then just have nurses and don't have doctors anymore.
- It is a federal program and it's a mandatory program and because of the changes in HR1, again, if we're
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report for the day and approved a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions.
The chamber then took up several bills. HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously. CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, passed 94-10 after debate focused on conservation land surplus procedures and agricultural use of state lands. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign gifts, critical infrastructure, sister city agreements, and related restrictions, passed 80-20 after the House adopted an amendment adding a prohibition on certain surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern. CS/CS/HB 1197, dealing with information technology procurement and contracting, passed 109-0. HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed unanimously.
The House also debated CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. Supporters said it would limit development fees, standardize compatibility rules, allow manufactured homes in RV parks, and lower voting thresholds for comprehensive plan changes to address housing affordability; opponents argued it would preempt local control, weaken voter-approved urban boundary protections, and risk conservation lands. An amendment to preserve Orange County’s boundary rules failed, while a technical amendment on manufactured homes passed. The bill then passed 71-38. The House also passed several local bills, including measures for the Pace Fire Rescue District, Avalon Beach/Mulat Fire Protection District, East Point Water and Sewer District, Fellsmere Water Control District, and Headwaters Water Control District, with votes ranging from 83-27 to unanimous approval. The transcript also included farewell remarks from Representative Angie Nixon before the House returned to remaining business.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-19 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Unfortunately, it didn't include nurses who are currently in nursing school.
- Unfortunately, it didn't include nurses who are currently in nursing school.
- Members, today we have students from the Cambridge program.
- This bill does not create new funding programs.
- This bill does not create new funding programs.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I also serve as the executive officer for the Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, and the Board
- I'm here today... ...Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Pharmacy.
- It also provides limited access to the prescription drug monitoring program for federal investigators
- The first design pillar that we got presented was called program structure and governance.
- So under each of these headings that we have to—so the program design pillars are on page four.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Regulatory Oversight
House Regulatory Oversight Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- school, my mother sent me with a three-inch binder full of instructions from my teacher and school nurse
- And if there was even a single nurse, a single administrator at the front desk, you know, who was not
- And if there was even a single nurse, a single administrator at the front desk, you know, who was not
- Child care programs for infants and young children, whose immune systems are still developing, are not
- Practices get direct bonuses and enhanced reimbursement rates from insurers and programs, often based
Summary:
The committee met for its first hearing of the session, took roll, introduced members and staff, and reviewed committee rules and amendment deadlines. The chair also announced that video recording would not be allowed in the room and set the order and speaking limits for the day’s bills.
The committee heard HB 2248, the Arizona Medical Freedom Act, which would bar governmental entities, businesses, schools, and ticket issuers from denying employment, entry, services, or participation based on whether a person has or has not received a medical intervention. Supporters framed it as protecting bodily autonomy, parental rights, and freedom from medical discrimination. Opponents, including physicians, child care and public health advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could undermine vaccination policies, school and child care illness controls, and protections for immunocompromised people. The bill passed on a 3-2 vote.
The committee then heard HB 2086, which would prohibit governmental entities and businesses from requiring vaccination or masks/face coverings, with limited exceptions for workplace safety and infection control. Supporters said it would prevent government coercion and protect individual liberty and business freedom; opponents warned it would interfere with private business decisions and public health measures. After testimony and debate over the scope of the bill and the relevance of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, the committee approved HB 2086 on a 3-2 vote.
Finally, the committee considered HB 2688, which would require the Arizona Department of Administration to identify state budget positions vacant for at least 150 days and direct budget units to eliminate those positions each fiscal year, with some exceptions such as Corrections and DPS. The sponsor said the bill was intended to reduce waste and prevent vacant positions from functioning as slush funds, while critics raised concerns about hard-to-fill specialized roles. The committee passed HB 2688 on a 3-2 vote and then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- phases, on the Perkins program.
- That typically is what we're funding is, you know, our robotics programs, our art programs, programs
- You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
- You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
- Or we make it programming.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on SB 221, SB 213 SB 218, SB 287, SB 118 (06/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Certainly, the clerks, you know, have gone to the nursing homes regularly, and I know that Rochester
- This is qualified patients already in a program; it allows them to grow a couple plants at home so that
- Um, and I understand the importance of the base bill for Hampstead and for our nursing home residents
- So, I'm hoping nursing home residents.
- </c> it doesn't pass at least the nursing it doesn't pass at least the nursing home<02:09:18.400><c>
Summary:
The committee of conference first met on Senate Bill 221, which concerned annual voter roll verification and the lookback period for checking voter registration lists. The Senate favored looking back to presidential elections to reduce the number of voters removed, while the House argued for annual verification with a one-year lookback because the voter roll database now makes the process easier and because of population mobility and student turnover. Members discussed possible refinements to the 30-day letter process and agreed to recess and return Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. to continue negotiations.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 213 and Senate Bill 218, both involving absentee voting and public employee electioneering restrictions. On SB 213, the discussion focused on clarifying identification/documentation requirements for absentee ballot-related applications and on a House amendment to preserve the ability of certain public employees to provide factual information to the public about official matters without violating the bill. On SB 218, the Senate wanted to remove outer envelopes from absentee voting materials, while the House supported keeping the bill but clarifying that only applicable documentation is required. Members raised concerns about voter access, clerks’ procedures, and whether the electioneering language was too broad; both bills were held over and recessed for further work.
The committee also considered Senate Bill 287, which dealt with public employee electioneering and a related carve-out for factual responses by appointed public employees. The House and Senate discussed combining amendments, but the House member said the underlying bill was needed to curb partisan electioneering while still allowing factual public information. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 118, which would adjust a personal needs allowance for nursing home residents, address Hampstead Hospital employee bonuses, and create a maintenance fund for the hospital. The Senate objected to a House-added cannabis cultivation provision, saying it was unrelated to the bill and could jeopardize the measure because of the Senate’s and governor’s opposition to cannabis language; the committee recessed to revisit the issue later, with the House noting the base bill’s importance to nursing home residents and Hampstead Hospital.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:26.600><c> that's</c> rather than codifying a program that's rather than codifying a program
- There's no coverage for nursing and transportation, and most site-based programs are actually just covering
- </c> programs, including this one as well. programs, including this one as well.
- Um I had served on the program.
- </c> as the the direct support uh program. as the the direct support uh program.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, community support, integrated care, disability services, stakeholder consultation, homeless youth, grants, funding, Minnesota, mental health, substance use disorder, education, workforce development, licensure, direct care services, healthcare, long-term care, personal care assistants, employment support, medical assistance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on SB 96, SB 87, SB 210, SB 206 (06/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Nurses are covered by generally most union contracts as an educator in the teacher side of a union, the
- a guidance course if that was a a guidance counselor,<00:07:38.960><c> school</c><00:07:39.199><c> nurse
- </c><00:07:39.680><c> and</c><00:07:39.919><c> so</c><00:07:40.080><c> that</c> counselor, school nurse
- and so that counselor, school nurse and so that would<00:07:40.479><c> all</c><00:07:40.800><c> be</
- </c><00:07:49.199><c> are</c> I'd agree. they they are um nurses are I'd agree. they they are um nurses
Summary:
The committee of conference spent most of its time on Senate Bill 96, which deals with educator conduct and when information may be withheld from parents. The main dispute was over the House-amended language on violations and the “compelling state interest” standard. The Senate sponsor objected to extending penalties to third-party medical or mental health contractors and to language suggesting psychological or emotional injury to a child would not constitute a compelling state interest. The House side argued its draft was intended to keep the bill focused on credentialed educators and administrators, to include parents or guardians, and to avoid creating competing standards by relying on existing abuse definitions in statute. The House also added a requirement that any withholding of information be documented and reported to the school board in nonpublic session, and both sides discussed whether educators, administrators, nurses, and guidance counselors would be covered under the statutory definition of educator.
The discussion also covered enforcement and penalties. The House draft proposed that an educator found to have willfully violated the law could have a credential suspended for a first offense and would face a minimum one-year suspension for multiple offenses, while the Senate raised concerns that this was too rigid and did not allow enough discretion or address revocation. The House later explained that the department would still have discretion on first offenses and that the one-year rule applied only to multiple offenses. Another point of disagreement was a three-year statute of limitations for investigations, which the House said was meant to prevent “witch hunts,” while the Senate noted New Hampshire’s constitutional prohibition on retroactive laws. After caucusing, the Senate rejected the House amendment, and the House then voted non-concur; the committee of conference adjourned without agreement.
The transcript then moved to Senate Bill 87, concerning one-day liquor license requirements and allowing salons and barber shops to obtain on-premise licenses. The members discussed a House amendment that would allow two drinks instead of one, with supporters saying the change reflected the longer time customers may spend in salons and that alcohol service would still be covered by existing training requirements, including the EDGE course. Opponents worried that allowing multiple drinks would create over-serving and enforcement problems and could complicate business practices. After discussion, the Senate member agreed to go along with the House position, and the bill was reported ready for final sign-off.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 1
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've started the NEET program.
- We lifted the started the NEET program.
- We're not creating new programs or spending taxpayer dollars.
- practitioners, nurses.
- was about 47 ago, the average nurse was about 47 years<05:10:40.720><c> old.
Bills:
SB141 , SB124 , SB56 , SJR116 , SB94 , SB37 , SB127 , SB197 , SB66 , SB70 , SB133 , SB160 , SB214 , SB312 , SB52 , SJR62 , SJR75
Keywords:
legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- I practiced as a pediatric nurse for 25 years and hold a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the Massachusetts
- I serve as the vice president of strategic programs and innovation at Beaubron Medical.
- As a registered nurse, I took an oath to first do no harm.
- such as WIC and the senior nutrition program.
- We've had physician assistants for over 50 years, nurse practitioners for over 40.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Health
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a lengthy hearing to take testimony on a wide range of bills related to environmental health, PFAS, medical device chemicals, food access, lead poisoning, air quality, oral health, and school food additives. Chair Driscoll and Chair Decker emphasized that the hearing was for testimony only, no decisions would be made that day, and that written testimony could still be submitted. They also noted the high volume of speakers and asked witnesses to keep remarks brief.
A major portion of the hearing focused on PFAS-related legislation, including bills to restrict PFAS in products and food packaging and to create a PFAS remediation trust fund. Municipal officials and advocates described the high costs of PFAS cleanup, especially for drinking water systems, citing Easton’s multimillion-dollar treatment investments and rate increases. Testimony from legislators and advocates argued that Massachusetts should act despite federal uncertainty, and that the state should stop PFAS at the source rather than leaving municipalities and residents to pay for remediation. The committee also heard strong support for a bill banning DEHP in medical devices, with physicians, nurses, and a bill sponsor saying the chemical can leach from IV bags and tubing and that safer alternatives already exist.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to establish statewide food truck permitting, with food truck owners and a senator describing the current system as costly, duplicative, and inconsistent across municipalities. Another set of witnesses supported the “Bean New Deal,” which would expand plant-based food options in public institutions, senior nutrition programs, and WIC, citing health, equity, and cost savings. On lead poisoning, housing advocates and a representative backed bills to expand lead-safe housing requirements to all rental units, arguing the current law contributes to discrimination against families with children and leaves too much pre-1978 housing uncertified. The committee also heard support for an outdoor air pollution bill that would create an advisory committee, identify pollution hotspots, expand monitoring, and set reduction targets, with testimony from environmental justice groups, pediatricians, and legislators describing disproportionate asthma and other health harms in overburdened communities.
Later testimony addressed oral health bills to create dental therapists and allow dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide, with supporters saying the measures would expand access, reduce costs, and help underserved patients. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to prohibit harmful food dyes in competitive school foods, with parents describing behavioral and health concerns tied to synthetic dyes. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Balancing Fraud Prevention and Protecting Services for the Vulnerable / Modernizing School Funding May 8th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> about uh they rely on state programs about uh they rely on state programs caught<00:04:50.480><c
- And here we stand now with some well-intended but half-thought-through fraud control programs that are
- So when my grandma, who's in a nursing home, can live there safely.
- , who's in a nursing home, can live<00:12:45.920><c> there</c><00:12:46.160><c> safely.
- ,</c> through fraud against public programs, through fraud against public programs, effectively<00:17
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- program.
- the program on its original intent and protect the viability of the program and the benefits it provides
- , but other housing programs that we have seen work, the multifamily housing program, low-income tax
- program capacity.
- We're continuing our investments in our early childhood education programs, not just those programs,
Committee:
House Budget
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And since Mohave County did spearhead the notification program, which we call the address protection
- program in Mohave County, I'm here to answer any questions on how that works.
- program in Mojave County, I'm here to answer any questions on how that works.
- No matter what, it's going to stop on our desk because they're going to be part of this program.
- I tend to carry three during the day, and then I have a nurse and then myself.
Committee:
House Government
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This is both an early intervention program as well as an intensive intervention program, which the Council
- And there is another program that we work very closely with: the community custody program in Bernalillo
- I also used to be the APRN program coordinator for all clinicals for the College of Nursing, including
- programs are seven years.
- So for all of our other programs, such as, because we listed about 10 total programs this summer, when
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- . programs. programs.
- </c> or programs or meth cocaine? or programs or meth cocaine?
- . programs. programs.
- In the aging side of our division, for Choices for Independence program and nursing facility funding,
- Oh. living or a nursing facility. Senator living or a nursing facility.
Committee:
Senate Finance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 36 (2-27-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> taxpayer-funded health insurance program taxpayer-funded health insurance program originally<00:
- ><c> health</c> Our Medicaid program provides health Our Medicaid program provides health care<00:10:
- </c> administration of the Medicaid program administration of the Medicaid program and<00:19:07.840><
- But we need to be Medicaid program.
- </c> Program, Education and Training Plan. Program, Education and Training Plan.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the CHIP program, the childhood program the CHIP program, the childhood program and<00:04:54.080
- program, and some of them are in the Granite Health Advantage program.
- </c> budget for the tobacco control program. budget for the tobacco control program.
- </c> I'm glad we have that program. I'm glad we have that program.
- </c> this the brine program. this the brine program.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There also has been a push for us to look at Type B programs. Those are the smaller programs.
- Program income is not usually a big one because most programs don't collect a lot of income.
- And many other programs.
- I think they maybe only have one more federal program at their office. one program.
- of the program is there.
Summary:
The committee first heard a presentation on Idaho’s medical education workforce plan, developed from House Bill 368. The presenter said the working group unanimously supported a long-term plan to address Idaho’s physician shortage, noting Idaho ranks 50th per capita in physicians and would need roughly 1,400 more doctors to reach the national average. Recommendations included maintaining existing WAMI and other state-supported seats, adding 10 non-WAMI seats this year, expanding graduate medical education by 15 seats, creating a dedicated health education coordinator/director to manage undergraduate and graduate placements and clinical sites, and using one-time Rural Health Transformation funds for larger investments. Members discussed the value of WAMI, the need for more clinical training sites, rural recruitment incentives, the role of nurse practitioners and other providers, and how to measure results. No formal vote was taken in the transcript.
The committee then received April Renfro’s update on the statewide single audit and related accountability work. She reported $5.4 billion in federal assistance audited for fiscal year 2024, 45 findings, seven repeat findings, $2.4 million in known questioned costs, and $2 million in projected questioned costs. Major issues were concentrated at the Department of Health and Welfare, especially Medicaid managed care eligibility and provider oversight, delayed health and safety surveys, and reporting problems tied in part to the Luma transition. Other notable findings involved the Child Care and Development Fund, Vocational Rehabilitation, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, and DEQ. Members pressed her on accountability, fraud detection, managed care oversight, Luma-related errors, staffing, and which findings should be prioritized for follow-up. She said her office would provide a top-10 list of priorities to the co-chairs. No vote was taken.
After a break, the committee heard a budget presentation from Brooke Dupree on how to read the front-end reports in the legislative budget book. She explained the state’s constitutional structure, the 20 executive departments, and the decision-unit budget model, including the sequence from the current-year appropriation to maintenance, enhancements, and the final fiscal year 2027 original appropriation. She also walked through request-versus-recommendation reports and fund-source comparisons. Members asked a few clarifying questions, including what falls under public school support. The final item began a short presentation from the Impact Review Team on a base budget dashboard tool, described as a different way to view existing budget data.